Ballad of the Unknown Soldier
1966 · Filmways FW-102 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Garland Frady
- Title
- Ballad of the Unknown Soldier
- Release
- Ballad of the Unknown Soldier / Right Before You Leave
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Filmways # FW-102
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Bob Tubert
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Ballad of the Unknown Soldier (Frady, Garland) Patriotic and anti-protesters. References demonstrations and draft card burning. Also Lincoln, JFK, Jefferson, and Monroe. Anti-communist - they would kill you for protesting. Narrated by dead soldier.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Filmways Records FW-102, promotional copy marked "Not for Sale", "A Subsidiary of Filmways Inc.", "Distributed by Valiant Records"; "Ballad of the Unknown Soldier" (Bob Tubert), Vintage Music (BMI), matrix 566-7, time 2:17; produced by Paul Wyatt. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born North Carolina. Died Eden, North Carolina. Lived in Atlanta, Georgia and Villa Rica, Georgia.
Themes
Patriotic · Demonstration · Anti-Protest · Draft Card Burning · Lincoln · JFK · Jefferson · Monroe · Draft
In collections
Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]